minipalette

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English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ palette.

Noun

minipalette (plural minipalettes)

  1. (computing, graphical user interface) A small palette.
    • 1989, PC Mag, volume 8, number 20:
      Although only six tools, six inks, and a minipalette are displayed at any one time in the toolbox, right clicking on any of these objects brings up an appropriate dialog box from which you can pick substitutes.
    • 2001, Nan Barber, David Reynolds, Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual, page 588:
      If you use AutoShapes a lot, you can keep a minipalette (bottom) of them open by choosing Insert → Picture → AutoShapes.